In mercantile law . One to whom a consignment is made. The person to whom goods are shipped for sale. Lyon v. Alvord, IS Conn. 80; Gillespie v. Winberg, 4 Daly (N. Y.) 320; Comm. v. Harris, 168 Pa. 619, 32 Atl. 92; Railroad Co. v. Freed, 38 Ark. 622.